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and its suburbs. After it was acquired by the

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(AD) it is now published as AD Haagse Courant, written by local staff and the AD crew.

History

The paper appeared as early as 1864 as the Belinfante edition, but remained continuously under the control of the Sijthoff family for over 120 years since

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in 1883. The Sijthoff publishing company was attacked by

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after the newspaper printed a negative article about business activities in the 1980s by a

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owned by Dutch criminal Eef Hoos. The paper remained an independent publication until 2005 when it merged with the ''

'', along with ''Rijn en Gouwe'', ''Rotterdams Dagblad'', ''De Dordtenaar'' and the ''Utrechts Nieuwsblad''. It continues to be published as ''AD Haagsche Courant'', a regional edition of the ''Algemeen Dagblad'' for The Hague and suburbs.

References

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External links

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archive at

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Last save (30 August, 2005) of old ''Haagsche Courant'' website
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Daily newspapers published in the Netherlands Organisations based in The Hague Mass media in The Hague